Ana Jasmin Vazquez Perez, a 30-year-old Latino female, died Sunday, Nov. 18, after being shot in Westmont, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Calvin Furness Webb, a 59-year-old black male, died Monday, Nov. 5, after being shot in Westmont, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Sheldon Lamounte Harrison, a 29-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Friday, Oct. 12, in the 9300 block of South Vermont Avenue in Westmont, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators. 

Harrison had walked out of a liquor store on the west side of Vermont Street, between West 93rd and West 94th streets, around 12:30 a.m., said Lt. Joe Mendoza. He was standing in front of the store, talking with others who were congregated there, when two cars pulled up to the curb in front of the store. 

Three people got out of one car and one person got out of the second and all four started shooting toward the front of the store, Mendoza said. 

Everyone scattered, Mendoza said. Harrison tried running toward 93rd Street, but the shooters chased him and kept shooting until he collapsed. 

No one else was injured.  ...

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Dametrius Hakeem Thomas, a 25-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Saturday, Oct. 6, near the intersection of Denker Avenue and West 102nd Street in the South Los Angeles community of Westmont, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

The circumstances of the shooting are unclear, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Rodney Moore, and investigators are still trying to pinpoint the location.

What they do know is that Thomas was dropped off at the Los Angeles County fire station at West 108th Street and Normandie Avenue at 10:16 p.m. with a gunshot wound to his torso, Moore said.  

Thomas was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:17 p.m., according to coroner’s records. The cause of death is listed as a gunshot wound to the abdomen. 

The people who dropped Thomas off left without identifying ...

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Nicolas Emmanuel Harrell, a 15-year-old black boy, was fatally shot on Sunday, Sept. 30, in the 1200 block of West 106th Street in the Westmont area of South Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Nicolas was walking near his home about 8 p.m., heading east on West 106th Street with a male in his late teens, when two males approached them on foot from the opposite direction, said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Scott Hoglund. 

The two newcomers began shooting at Nicolas and his companion, Hoglund said, striking them both.

The two were taken to a nearby hospital where Nicolas was pronounced dead at 8:36 p.m., according to coroner’s records. The cause of death was listed as multiple gunshot wounds. 

His companion is expected to survive his injuries, Hoglund said. 

The gunmen ran from the scene and got ...

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Juan Antonio Lopez, a 23-year-old Latino, was fatally shot Saturday, July 28, in the 8800 block of South Vermont Ave. in the South Los Angeles community of Westmont, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Lopez, a resident of Compton, had gone into a liquor store at 8801 S. Vermont Ave. and was walking out with an acquaintance at 8:14 p.m. when a dark-colored sedan pulled up in front of the store, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza. 

Three men got out of the car and began shooting at Lopez and his acquaintance, a 21-year-old black male, Mendoza said. 

Both men and four Latino bystanders were struck by gunfire, Mendoza said. 

Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:51 p.m., according to coroner’s records. His acquaintance was taken to the hospital with injuries he is expected to ...

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Juan Manuel Ayuso, a 51-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Saturday, July 28, in the 8800 block of South Vermont Avenue in the South Los Angeles community of Westmont, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Ayuso was standing near the door of a liquor store at 8801 S. Vermont Ave. when two men walked out of the store and a dark-colored sedan pulled up at 8:14 p.m. said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza. 

Three men got out of the car and began shooting at the two men leaving the store,  Juan Antonio Lopez, a 23-year-old Latino, and his acquaintance, a 21-year-old black male, Mendoza said. 

Both men were struck by gunfire, as were Ayuso and three other Latinos standing nearby, Mendoza said. 

Ayuso was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead at 8:46 p.m., according to ...

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